Winthrop Post Office Hours and Mail Box Schedule
The Winthrop Post Office lists hours 7 am to 9 pm weekdays and 7 am to 10 am holidays, closed Sundays except Special Delivery. It is a Postal Savings Depository with specified carrier delivery times and 9 pm collection rules for certain boxes. A superintendent, D Belcher, notes boxes not collected at 9 pm and lists week day and Saturday collection times.
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Postal Savings Depository
Temple
Highland Avenue
Grover and
Cliff
Quincy and
Cottage Park Road
Johnson Avenue
Court Road
Lowell
Maple Street
Main
Pleasant Street
Hermon Stret
Hermon
Winthrop Corner
Ocean View
Magee’s Corner
Revere Corner
Cherry
Rev
Sunnyside
Pleasant
Bartlett
Pleasant and
Pauline
Court
Road
Lincoln
Read
Town Hall
D. Belcher
Native Hippo Hunters of the Sobat Region
The Shul Tas hippo hunters in Sobat North Africa navigate in dugout canoes to spear hippos at surface breaths. They retreat after a hit and use other canoes to distract the beast. Wounded animals bleed to death as spears finish the kill. Hide sells to Arab traders. Flesh dries in sun.
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Hippo
Sobat
North Africa
Omdurman
Egypt
The Decline of the Fire Engine Horse in Rochester
The era moves away from horse drawn fire apparatus toward motor engines and trucks. Rochester, noting a severe snowstorm favored horse drawn engines, plans to retain a certain number of horse drawn engines despite modernization.
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Rochester
Theatrical Manager on American Stage Talent
The manager argues a play with national themes cannot be cast due to scarce material. He says American actors lack social contacts and knowledge of refined life, while saloon culture overshadows the salon. He notes stars earn large sums for minimal work and questions finding successors to past legends.
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Mr. Tyler
Lester Wallack
John Drew
San Salvador Lighthouses Tax Despite Free Maintenance
The republic of San Salvador taxes lighthouse fees for a volcano owned by the government. The beacon lies eight miles inland from Acajutla, erupts every seven minutes, and guides mariners without any upkeep cost. Every visiting vessel pays the lighthouse fee, though no real lighthouse exists beyond the volcanic beacon.
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Republic of San Salvador
Acajutla
Bea
Acalutia
Volcano
Government of
San Salvador
Dark burglary plan ends with accidental shooting at Hazelhurst
Jack Haines and Guy Forbes sisters plot to deter a thief at Hazelhurst with a home‑made alarm and night watch. A burglar enters, a pistol misfires, and Haines is wounded by mistake. Frances drives the emergency as the doctor tends the aftermath.
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Jack Haines
Guy Forbes
Hazelhurst
Forbes
Miss Frances
Mr. Haines
Guy
Harry
McClure N
American Consuls Report Wide Movie Popularity Across Europe
Reports to Washington from American consuls in Europe show film theaters dominate entertainment from Bavaria to Britain. In Munich 32 theaters seat 4,650 with 3,000,000 yearly tickets. Nuremberg has 14 theaters for 3,400 seats. Hof attendance at film shows exceeds other amusements. Fuerth saw 14,000 moviegoers in one month, while other venues averaged 12,600 for that period. Britain notes rising cinema attendance despite American cowboy films losing some appeal.
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Washington
Nuremberg
Germany
George Nicolas Ifft
Bavaria
Munich
George N. Ifft
Hof
Fuerth
Great Britain
Eddie Redway to Star in Leading Comedy Roles
Eddie Redway, now playing top comedy leads, previously acted with Arthur Roberts at London's Lyric Theatre in The Modern Don Quixote and later in The Messenger Boy under George Edward. A prominent figure in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, his Chicago visit led to a new leading role with strong expectations for the photoplay audience.
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Eddie Redway
Arthur Roberts
Lyric Theater
London
England
Mr. George Edward
Redway
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Chicago
Specialist on Railroad Photoplays
J P McGowan the producer has become known as a specialist on railroad photoplays. He has produced and is still producing them from every angle, and the members of his company are almost as well versed in railroad lore as he is. Helen Holmes, his leading woman, declares she almost lives on, in, around, or under trains.
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J. P. McGowan
Helen Holmes
Eastern firm buys filming rights to Fantasma extravaganza
An eastern company has acquired the filming rights to the Hanlon brothers’ extravaganza Fantasma. The production promises impressive effects and trick scenes that suit perfect photographic reproduction for the screen.
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An Eastern
No Inducement in Circe Tango Craze Says Judge
A dialogue hints the tango craze wanes as Circe notes the trend while Terpsichore agrees. The judge remarks even clergy see no impropriety in dancing, signaling a shift in social mores.
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Circe
Terpsichore
Lawyer Candidate Defends Retainer Fee Answer
Essential Fleet reports an examiner testing a young candidate who was asked what he would do first when employed to bring an action. The reply proposed asking for a retaining fee and the candidate passed.
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Livingston Lance
Beverly Bayne Leads Eastern Stock Company Star Roles
Miss Beverly Bayne charms theater audiences with an eastern stock company and has earned praise from press and public. An expert horsewoman and watercolor sketcher, she enjoys outdoor sports and portrays diverse characters in recent productions including The Girl at the Curtain and Through the Storm.
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Beverly Bayne
Miss Bayne
Motion Pictures of General Villa Frontline Film Show
Films titled General Villa depict the front line battles and the constitutionalist victory in the north. Cameramen endure danger as bullets and shells fly near the reels. The second part purports to tell Villa life with an actor portraying the general and scenes of revenge and rise to power.
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General Villa
Mexico
Villa
United States
Kathie Fischer Child Actress A Trail Of Family Ties
Kathie Fischer six born in Oakland is Margarita Fischer’s niece and appears with her aunt in motion pictures. She inherits talent from Mary Scott and has training from her popular aunt. The six year old_dark eyed_ has acted in many photo plays including Why Rags Left Home Bobby's Magic Nickel While the Children Slept The Kid Playmates Jimmy's Deception Fooling Uncle The Lesson the Children Taught The Wife and The Sacrifice.
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Kathie Fischer
Oakland
Cal
Margarita Fischer
Brand
Kathie
Mary Scott
Rags
Bobby
Jimmy
Nightly comic exchange at the door
Dialogue captures a hurried moment as a husband orders a dress suit case while a wife reveals its dreadful contents destined for a missionary society. A sepulchral remark links the scene to an English guest invited for dinner as a doorbell rings.
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Missionary Society
Traveling man questions chicken served at hotel
A traveling man asks a hotel waiter what chicken is. The waiter names Plymouth Rock and the man notes its historic claim. He jokes that it might be an ordinary cobblestone instead.
Quotable Reflections on Pride, Wealth, and People
A miscellany of wry maxims on ambition, manners, education, and hypocrisy. The speaker notes that appearances deceive, wealth and experience demand value, and social intrigue often hinges on self restraint.
RANDOM REFLECTIONS
The tongue is boneless yet can strike harder than the fist. Speech is not silver in settling the grocer bill. You may steer your auto yet run into debt. The purse-proud man hides pride in his pocket. The self-made man often resembles other amateurs. Opportunity knocks and may require cash. Do not meet trouble half way. Let it travel the full distance.
Adjustable shields protect trans planted trees from sun
Postscripts note new canvas shields designed to guard freshly transplanted trees against excessive sunlight. France to host an international exhibition of marine motors for ships of all sizes from June to September.
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France
Said of womankind in quotes on love and art
A collection of dated and anonymous remarks on women and love from figures such as Oliver Goldsmith Honore de Balzac Oliver Wendell Holmes Junius Henry Browne and others. The notes reflect attitudes on women as lovers teachers and muses with varied tones.
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Honore de Balzac
Cities race to expand services and health facilities
New York City adds 1 780 election districts as Perth Amboy New Jersey enlarges its water system. Champaign Illinois battles a scarlet fever outbreak while Claiborne Louisiana opens a new tuberculosis sanitarium. Bridgeport Connecticut plans an auto street sprinkler system.
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New York City
Bridgeport
Conn
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